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Ex-Long Beach resident gets 10 years in prison for scam targeting timeshare owners

Avatar photo by Fernando Haro Garcia Jan 22, 2024Jan 22, 2024

Federal authorities said he set up fake telemarketing companies that promised to get people out of their timeshare contracts for a fee.

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South Bay man sentenced to 9 years in prison for role in $6M real estate scam

Avatar photoby City News ServiceOct 24, 2022Oct 24, 2022
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Seal Beach man cheated out of $140,000 in Spanish lottery scam, police say

Avatar photoby City News ServiceApr 28, 2021
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Man pleads guilty in lotto scam targeting older women

Avatar photoby City News ServiceFeb 25, 2020
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Trio that cheated elderly woman ran wide-ranging ‘Latin Lotto Scam,’ feds allege

Avatar photoby City News ServiceNov 25, 2019Nov 25, 2019
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Trio cheated elderly woman out of $1,800 with lottery ticket scam, DA says

Avatar photo by Jeremiah Dobruck Sep 30, 2019Sep 30, 2019
Posted inCrime

Telemarketers ordered to pay almost $1.5 million in scam targeting elderly

Avatar photo by City News Service May 30, 2019
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Long Beach woman, accomplice plead guilty in DMV scam

Avatar photo by City News Service Oct 1, 2018
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District Attorney’s Office Warns of Father’s Day Scams

Avatar photo by Stephanie Rivera Jun 15, 2015
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